Gymnastics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's balance beam
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These are the results of the women's balance beam competition, one of six events for female competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.
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Women's balance beam at the Games of the XIX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Auditorio Nacional | ||||||||||||
Date | 21–25 October | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 101 from 28 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning score | 19.650 | ||||||||||||
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Kuchinskaya was controversially awarded gold over Čáslavská after initial scores were revised. A similar controversy occurred in the floor event, and both were in favor of Soviet athletes.[1]